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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does Berlin describe Bakunin? (from A Remarkable Decade: German Romanticism in Petersburg and Moscow)

As a revolutionary filled with promise of his convictions.

As a shy aesthete.

As a highly original thinker.

As a magnetic popularizer of other people's theories.

2.

What did Herzen understand that the revolutionaries did not understand? (from A Remarkable Decade: Alexander Herzen)

The hellish nature of armed conflict.

The corrupting nature of power.

The power of the aristocracy.

The cost of revolutionary change.

3.

What was the dominant philosophical movement of the second quarter of the nineteenth century in Russia? (from A Remarkable Decade: German Romanticism in Petersburg and Moscow)

American Transcendentalism.

German Romanticism.

American Pragmatism.

English Humanism.

4.

What theme does Turgenev's novel <i>Fathers and Children</i> deal with? (from Fathers and Children: Turgenev and the Liberal Predicament)

It recounts Turgenev's travels to Europe and the ideas he found there.

It is centered on the relationship between Turgenev's generation and the generation of radicals that followed him.

It describes the problem of nihilism and anarchism within an industrial society.

It describes the ascent of a new generation of radical families.

5.

How does Berlin describe conservative Romantics? (from A Remarkable Decade: The Birth of the Russian Intelligentsia)

Conservative Romantics believed that intellectuals could thrive without changing the aristocratic government.

Conservative Romantics believed that progress was a trap, and that the only way out would be to develop Russian nationalism.

Conservative Romantics believed that the best progress was a return to traditional Russian values.

Conservative Romantics believed that mechanical reforms would not work without a deep understanding of the Russian soul